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TO ALL PERSONS T() WHOM THESE .PRESENTS MAY COME:

Be it known that I, SETH P. CARPENTER, of Milford, in the county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pruning-Shears; and I do hereby declare the same to be i fully described in the following specication, and represented in the accompanying drawings,of which Figure 1 denotes a side elevation, and i A'Figure 2 an edge view f them. y

In, such drawings, a and 6 are two blades, analogous to those of common shears or scissors, although instead of being straight, each. of such blades isvcurved'in manner as represented. 'The blade bis the longer arm of a short lever, A, Whose fulcrum, d, projects l'from the blade a. The said blade a extends from a long shank or bar, B, which I usually make about two feet and six inches in length, and terminate in a flat ring or open handle, Cl Near the junction of the said handle C and shank B, there is jointedtothe latter a short lever, D, whose fulcrnm, e, is projected from the'shank. The lever D has an open handle, C,.and it also has an arm,f, extended from it in manner as represented. l To the said armf, and also to the shorter arm 0,0?

the shear-lever A, a rod, g, is jointed,`such varm being extended obliquely'across the shank B and through staple, t,4 projecting therefrom at or near its centre.

In using `the implement, the hand ofthe user is to be inserted within the handles C C', as it is customary .for a person to apply his hand to. the handles of tailors shears. The lever D maybe moved on its fulcrum by thepthumb, and will correspondingly and simultaneously move the lever C, so as to open or close the blades of the pruning-shears as occasion may *require` These shears are particularly intended for pruning the runners of strawberry-vines, andvwhile being so used they are-to' be held by one hand, with, the blade a resting onlthe ground. They are to enable the user, While at work with them, to stand in anV upright position, whichhe cannot do with ordinary shears, which require him td stoop, and thus soon fatigue him in the back. They will also be found very serviceable for pruning grape-vines.

VI am aware that shears have been attached to a pole, and operated by suitable mechanism combined therewith; therefore I do not claim such. Y

I claim as my invention- The new or improved manufacture of pruning-shears, as hereinbefore described, that is, as composed of the blades a b, the lever C, the long shank B, the lever D, the open handles C C', the arm and the rod g, arranged and combined in manner, and for the purpose, and'to operate substantially as specified.

SETI-I P; CARPENTER. Witnesses:

R.' H., EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

